Longread: Why do Kyrgyzstan’s regions remain undeveloped?

The administration has officially designated 2020 a year devoted to “regional development, the support of children, and the country’s digitization.” The two prior years also bore this labeling. Issues of development, self-sufficiency, and manageability in the regions are more acute than ever given the pandemic, the ensuing isolation – an isolation that is also internal – and the global economic crisis.

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